Mom!!!!

Love this picture!!!!

This is my over-tired son screaming "MOM"!!! We asked a lot of him yesterday - enduring a full day of family and a community hall full of unknown folks -

at my Grandparents 40th Anniversary party!

The slide show was a hit! Even squeezed a tear out of my Maw!

Glad there are 2 days between the party and school on Tuesday!

Get to have some rest!

New Hairdo!

Here is the "new" hairdo for my little girl. After finding out that she is not such a great hairdresser herself, we went and got is professionally cut!
She wasn't too sure of it yesterday when the hairdresser did it ~ and to be honest neither was I, but this morning when we made a go of it! She couldn't quit smiling -she loves it! And she was pretty sure that her friends at school were going to love it too!

Now starts the LONG process of growing it out ~ yet again. Note to self - keep the scissors away from her hands!

Just Call Us the "Grizwolds"!

So yesterday we got the kids all bundled up and headed outside to do the yearly ritual of hanging Christmas lights. They had a blast - but were a little worried that Dad was on the roof! With all said and done the lights went up fast - I think we are getting the hang of it since it is now our 4th year of doing the same thing!

When it got dark and the timer kicked on the house was all aglow! So once again we bundled up to go out for a walk to see all the lights around the block! Now we have yet to become "environmentally friendly" and splurge for the LED lights...and lets just say I think you can tell!! Just call us the "Grizwolds"!!! What do you think?????

Social Studies Assignment

So Mardi has a school assignment in which she has to bring and tell about something about her family's culture, traditions, or interests. Well we have no culture! So her family's interests and traditions we figure revolve around agriculture ~ more on the ranching end of things. And a tradition that is 3 generations strong so far is participating in the annual horse show. So I was doing a mini album for her already about her love for horses - so I just revamped it to make it all about the 3 years of being in the horse show! So now she has something to take to show besides her 3 purple ribbons!

Just Checking In!

Quick update...

Had a great time on Saturday at the Jingle Bell Crop! Super classes and very little scrapbooking done on my part! Wasn't feeling all that well so came home early ~ to my sick kids!

Everyone is feeling much better. Looking forward to this week - going to the parents place on Wednesday to help Dad with the cows, then Thursday it is off to Calgary to get my hair done HORRAY! Friday is Mardi and Dad day at kindergarten - they are both so excited! Saturday is JD's company Christmas Party - we are trying babysitters out for the first time!!!!! And Sunday is Grey Cup - thinking that would be a great day for friends to get together.....

That is us in a nutshell this week!

Maybe pull out the paper and glue today and finish an album for Mardi!

I hate the fog today!

Hello Again!

Geez I am getting as bad as Kim and Kacey (and Kaly for that matter!) at not blogging for days!! My children have come down with the lovely cold that is going around! I am sick of seeing little cups of left over tylenol cold, used crumpled up kleenexes, and children who look like they need a week in bed!

I have been busy the last couple of weeks preparing a slide presentation for my grandparents' upcoming 40th anniversary party. What fun I have been having looking at all those old pictures, hairdoos, and outfits! I can say that it is 95% finished and I can't wait to show it to my mom - no one besides me and JD have watched it - and each time I play it I get choked up. I figure if I watch it enough I should become immune to it!

So today I am dedicating to cleaning the bathrooms(?!) and packing for the Jingle Bell Crop! I am so excited to be going! But I don't want to take crappy projects - you know it has to be only the best of the best so no one talks about the shit I am creating!!! Better start doing something!

I am doing a quick update because I just found out we are getting company in 35 minutes and these friends are staying overnight! The only problem is that I have been making a card for a couple of hours and in order for that to occur I turn my scrapbooking room/ guest room upside down! So now that I have finished the card I have a lot of work ahead of me to clean this mess!!

I am posting the card so CK can see it! Hope you like it! It is a dark picture, but I am in a hurry to get this on the blog before my hubby notices!!!

Great Day with the boys!

Well the day with the two 2 year olds was GREAT! It is so nice to finally do something with just Jack! So Mardi got to have a play date a Gracie's house while Tricia, Blair, Jack and myself heading off to Calgary to see Thomas Live!

We were a little concerned about sleeps and the late afternoon show, but as we reached the city.....Jack fell asleep, then Blair fell asleep!!! What a great couple of dates these two boys are! So since we were early I dropped Tricia off at Safeway to get a few things and I drove circles around the parking lot - avoiding all the speed bumps - in order to keep these little men sleeping!

We decided to go on the LRT! How much fun would 2 train lovin boys have riding on an actual train?!! Jack was in heaven! He LOVED public transportation! I thought this would be the best part of his day...but no!

The Thomas Live show was really amazing! Those boys sat the whole 2 hours and Jack was singing, dancing and clapping his hands! He amazed me! He is such a train fanatic! At one point a train appeared out of the shed door, and I didn't know which one it was - so I leaned over and asked Jack who it was, he answered right away "Diesel"! And he was right!!! I love that I was able to take him to something like this and have him enjoy it SO much!

Thank goodness - the tickets were friggin expensive!

All over for another year!

Well hallowe'en came and went! The kids had a great time, but still around the block was more than enough - for their feet and their candy bags! I can't believe how much loot they can accumulate in 15 houses! They were more excited handing out candy to the kids that came to our door!

Now a day of resting! Tomorrow Jack and I are off to the Thomas the Train show at the Corral. Neither myself or the other mother are looking forward to it as our sons still have big afternoon naps and the show doesn't start until 2pm - which really is 3pm!! Damn time change!!!

Don't forget to get an extra hour of sleep tonight!

Well those of you that DON'T HAVE KIDS!!!